Our ‘Get on the air for Christmas’ charity auction has ended with an incredibly generous final bid of £1,025.99 The RSGB Board has promised to match-fund the winning bid so we are delighted that we will be able to send such a significant amount to NHS Charities Together (registered charity no. 1186569). Roy Bailey, G0VFS […]
Last week the RSGB-NHS Get on the air to care campaign was given the ‘International Newsmaker of the Year’ award by Amateur Radio Newsline This week, Ed Durrant, DD5LP from the Newsline interviewed Paul Devlin, G1SMP to find out more about ‘Get on the air to care’. Listen to the interview….
The proceedings of the RSGB Board meeting on 21 November are now online for members to read. Key topics to note are: The RSGB has submitted its response to the Ofcom EMF consultation RSGB representatives will be meeting Ofcom in December The RSGB is looking to appoint a new Convention Chair for 2021
The RSGB’s Emerging Technology Coordination Committee (ETCC) will be having a break from processing and renewing repeater, gateway and beacon Notices of Variation from 22 December to 4 January. It has had its busiest year ever with three times the number of usual applications. The Committee would like to remind all NoV holders whose renewals […]
Our ‘Get on the air for Christmas’ charity auction is live now on eBay Roy Bailey, G0VFS won the Lockdown Category in the RSGB’s annual Construction Competition and has donated this beautifully-engineered VirusPerpleXed Bug CW Key for the auction. It was created during the first lockdown period of self-isolation and he says that, “It seemed […]
Would you like to volunteer for the RSGB? We’re looking for one Board Director and three Regional Representatives in Regions 2, 6 and 12. Our President Dave Wilson, M0OBW will also retire at the AGM and we need to elect someone to continue the excellent work that he has undertaken for the last three years. […]
The presentation: Amateur radio construction – what to do, how to do it and why you should try it Despite what many people think, building your own radio equipment is still a very popular aspect of amateur radio. In fact there has never been a better time to do this with readily accessible building blocks […]
We’re delighted that this year’s Amateur Radio Newsline’s International Newsmaker of the Year Award has been presented to the ‘Get on the Air to Care’ project operated jointly by the Radio Society of Great Britain and the UK’s National Health Service. The idea was conceived by Paul Devlin, G1SMP who is a member of the […]
TX Factor Episode 27 has just been released – the only professionally-produced TV show dedicated to amateur radio. In an interview filmed in September, the RSGB’s General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB explains how the Society’s positive response to the lockdown helped to boost awareness and growth of amateur radio in the UK. He also stresses […]
We’re delighted to be running an NHS charity auction as part of our GOTA4C campaign. Roy Bailey, G0VFS, who is an active member of Trowbridge and District Amateur Radio Club, won the Lockdown Category in the RSGB’s Annual Construction competition. He offered to donate his beautifully-engineered VirusPerpleXed Bug CW Key to raise money for NHS […]
